Efficacy of water hyacinth compost in nursery ponds for larval rearing of Indian major carp, Labeo rohita

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-311

  Sahu, A K ^a   Sahoo, S K ^a   Giri, S S ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Indian major carps; Labeo rohita; Water hyacinth compost

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; FERTILIZERS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MANURES;

NURSERY PONDS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

FERTILIZER;

COMPOST; LARVA; NURSERY GROUND; REARING;

ARTICLE; CARP; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOST; INDIA; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MANURE; NONHUMAN; NURSERY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; CARPS; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; EICHHORNIA; FERTILIZERS; FRESH WATER; LARVA; MANURE; PLANKTON; REFERENCE VALUES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; UREA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS; LABEO; LABEO ROHITA;

EID: 0036975585     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00100-1     Document Type: Article

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